The University’s annual Europe Day celebrations will take place this year on Tuesday 12th May, at the Canterbury campus.

A range of activities are on offer throughout the day including a Treasure Hunt, European food stalls, photo competition, language taster sessions, Petanque tournament and a European Opportunities Fair (in the Plaza 12-3pm). Entry to the event is free and there are lots of prizes on offer for both staff and students, including cinema tickets for the Gulbenkian, a £100 amazon voucher, and lunch for two at the Pavilion.

The European Opportunities Fair will include stalls from the University’s Go Abroad team in International Development, Careers and Employability Service, Kent’s European Centres, Language Express and the student society AEGEE. So if you want to find out more about studying, working or volunteering in Europe, are considering learning a language, or want to find out more about the Summer Schools at our European Centres, then please come along to the Plaza between 12-3pm.

On Tuesday evening, you can learn more about Canterbury’s historical links with Europe with a lecture on the Via Francigena: in the footsteps of Medieval pilgrims’ which will take place in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 at 6pm, hosted by Dr Barbara Bombi.

To find out more, please see www.kent.ac.uk/international/europeday.html

Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate Europe Day with us!

The Student Media 50th Anniversary Interactive Project will open on the 16th May at 4pm in the Student Media Centre. It showcases 50 years of student media at Kent, From the first edition of InCant and the first transmission of Audio Rutherford to the launch of KTV and the CSRfm project. This will be a chance to relive the history of student media through our interactive installation which will feature old issues of InCant, KRED and InQuire, videos from the early film making societies and recordings from UKCR and CSRfm. The project has also uncovered the breadth of alumni involved in student media so as part of the wall we have included alumni stories and interviews relating to their time at student media and where they are now.

The wall will be a permanent fixture at the University so feel free to pop down and see us. Or if you are attending the alumni weekend in September we will also be open for you to see the installation.

Main contact: n.franssen@kent.ac.uk
More information: http://www.kent.ac.uk/50/celebrate/projects/interactive-wall.html

Dr Edward Kanterian, from the Department of Philosophy, has just been published in two Swiss news outlets writing in remembrance of the Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. April marked the 100-year anniversary of the atrocity.

The first piece was published in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung [Zurich New Newspaper], writing about the recent developments in the research of the genocide. The article, in German, can be read online.

In the second piece, in the Swiss Jewish weekly Tachles [Essence], Edward examines the recollections of the survivors, as well as the known facts about the genocide. A copy of the article, again in German, can be found on Edward’s own site.

The articles have been widely translated and shared. For example, the Russian version can be found on News.am and an Armenian version can also be found on News.am.

Let’s Play have some new and exciting opportunities for students and staff alike this term. To view our timetable follow the link to our webpage www.kent.ac.uk/sports/letsplay

The University will be hosting a Thank and Give (TAG) week from 11 to 15 May, to raise awareness of the impact of philanthropy at Kent.

The main activity will be taking place on Friday 15 May, a day on which large gift tags will be placed on items around the Canterbury and Medway campuses which have been gifted to the University. The event will highlight many of the items which have been kindly donated to the University over the past 50 years, and which now form part of the campus landscape.

To find out more about the tagged items, please visit www.kent.ac.uk/thankandgive.

Free art installation taking place on Monday 11 May, 19.00-21.00, in the Galvanising Shop, Chatham Historic Dockyard.

XYZ is a Projection Mapped Art Installation, displaying the visual creations of Boxcat a local VJ. The projections on to large geometric sculptures display the mapping capability available and the entire environment can be controlled by the audience using a MIDI controller, essentially creating the opportunity to personalise the installation.

Creative Events: Design and Production student, Bethany Tabeart has designed this event in order to promote Boxcat and provide the opportunity to get hands on with projection mapping software.

Projection Mapping is perfect for visual bands and mobile DJs, so if this applies to you, come along and see how Boxcat can enhance your live performances!

Even if you are not into the tech side the visual impact of Boxcats designs are reason enough to come down. The event has been designed to showcase the possibilities available to many local venues, DJs, Promoters, Bars and club nights so that they can see the benefits of using visuals.

This is a good chance to come down, talk to our creative team, play with software, learn a few handy techniques, have a drink and find out what we can do for you!

Take part in our focus group on Friday 5 June at 14.00hrs and you will receive a £10 Amazon voucher for your time.

To sign up and for more details about the focus group please email communications@kent.ac.uk.

It will take place on the Canterbury campus and shouldn’t take longer than one hour.

The focus group is about some of the University’s poster designs for current students. You will be asked for your opinion on the designs and how you would improve.

Only current students can take part in the focus group.